Discussion 2:
Question:
After reading the chapter and your other articles how would you describe the schools of ethical thought from an organizational perspective?
Ethics generally refers to our moral principles and code of conduct. These can also be standards of morality and our actions about right and wrong. Based on ethical conduct, we can judge the right and wrongness of our actions. Ethics can be described as intent or trends inherited by someone in different fields such as professionalism or humanity.
Schools teach the value of ethics in infinite ways to students. Teachers, most of the time, work hard to meet student needs and promote ethical and better learning. Sometimes setting up examples or presenting themselves as role models also help students develop ethical behaviors. The courses are structured in a way to develop healthy relationships with the kids. Being available for the students and share their personal experiences or values can help students develop ethical mindsets (Futterman, 2015). There is certain standard of ethical behaviors that our society expects us to uphold, therefore, building special relationships can help drive ethical behaviors.
There are three major types of ethics: Virtue, Consequentialist and Deontological (Dobrin, 2012). Virtue ethics focus on what a person wants to become in his life. These try to become a goal-oriented person who also focuses on morality. Consequentialist, on the other side, focus on asking various questions about themselves that include: How does my behavior impacts the world, Am I a good or a bad person, Am I doing any harm to anyone. Finally, deontological ethics deal with asking probing questions on being ethical such as: What my ethics should tell me what to do in certain situations, what type of duties I owe to others.